Some humor to relax with after the intensity of the last few chapters.

[1] 手可摘星辰: The hand that could pick stars.

Chapter Forty Five Let Me Be Your Sidekick

After that day, Die Meng called Wei Wei once more and apologized to her. Wei Wei politely said that it was fine. She only said “it was fine” because Wei Wei wouldn’t ever think of her as a friend anymore.

Maybe she had her own dilemmas or struggle but there shouldn’t be this kind of exploitation and duplicity.

Die Meng seemed to know that as well. She had sighed and never contacted her again afterwards.

Wei Wei was still happily working as an intern. Recently, she was becoming more and more familiar with the employees at Zhi Yi. But familiarity wasn’t always good. For example, yesterday during the brainstorming meeting she had said some of the thoughts on possible relationships between families. Even though everybody had agreed with her, but they quickly started discussing other matters.

“Oh, shimei, we are a bunch of poor children. We haven’t had any relationships, don’t have any inspiration the family system. It’ll all depend on you.”

“Yup, yup. You just write down the thinks you want to do with Xiao­-ge­, that will be innovation.”

“Hehe,” Somebody suddenly lewdly laughing, “Luckily it won’t be the things Xiao-ge­ wants to do with shimei.”

Everybody understood and joined him in obscene laughter: “That would have to be restricted.”

Wei Wei could only stare at the ceiling. She felt that she could look forward to a more and more intrepid future.

This afternoon, Xiao Nai went to meet with a client so Wei Wei went to eat with Yu Gong and Mo Zha Ta. The mysterious KO also came with Mo Zha Ta.

The server gave the menu to the only female at the table. Wei Wei took it over and handed it to KO: “KO shixiong, you should order.”

All the people at the company were older than Wei Wei so Wei Wei always politely called everybody by shixiong. Even Yu Gong was being called Yu shixiong. During work, Wei Wei would even call Xiao Nai Xiao shixiong. It was true, however, that Mo Zha Ta had never been called Hao shixiong. She only ever called him meiren shixiong.

Listing to Mo Zha Ta’s complaint, Wei Wei could only embarrassedly say: “… … If I called you that, Da Shen would destroy me.”

She quickly ordered a few dishes. The three of them talked as they waited. It was the three, as KO did not talk. As they kept chatting, Mo Zha Ta regretfully said all of a sudden: “Actually, I had a bit of a romance myself in a MMORPG!”

Wei Wei was curious: “With who? I haven’t heard about it.”

Mo Zha Ta said: “It isn’t in Dreams of Jianghu, it was a game I played before that, called Galaxy Fantasies. I was playing a Sky Doctor in there.

Wei Wei hadn’t played that game before but had been on their website. She knew the avatar of Sky Doctor though and was a bit shocked: “You played as a female?”

“Hehe, that role fit my standards of beauty.”

The dishes were being brought to the table. Mo Zha Ta continued as he ate: “After playing for a while, I saw that people were getting married, so I wanted to find somebody to also get married with.”

“Um, shixiong, weren’t you playing as a female? Did you find a male?”

“Wrong, I planned on finding a yaoren.”

… … It could work that way?

In games renyao were men playing as a female so yaoren were females playing as a male. Due to the preferences for avatars, yaoren was very fashionable in the games.

“In that game there’s a male avatar which is Flower Archer. From the design, it’s such a girly-boy. Basically, no true man would play using it, lots of females liked so females were playing with it. So I wanted to find a Flower Archer to marry and I especially found one that looked like she was female from the name at first glance. It was some thing Shou Ke Zhai Xing Chen.” [1]

“This name is very majestic and very heroic, why would it be a girl?”

Mo Zha Ta said, hurt: “I felt that only girls would want to pick stars. To show that I was very trustworthy, I didn’t even ask their gender. In the end, after a whole month of effort, it turned out he was actually the renyao in the middle of a crowd of yaoren!”

So complicated. Wei Wei rolled her eyes: “Then was it a ren or a yao?’

Yu Gong, had insider information, explained from the side: “It was still a male.”

“What happened after?”

“No after, when I knew that he was a man, I didn’t play that game anymore.”

A period of speechlessness later, Wei Wei said objectively: “Meiren shixiong, you can’t actually be blaming others. It’s really you that pretended to be a female player and deceived somebody into a relationship. You started and then you abandoned it.”

“Right, started and then abandoned it. Sansao, you used this idiom so well.” Yu Gong nodded fiercely from the side.

Mo Zha Ta protested his guilt: “My motives were pure.”

Usually, the laconic and quiet KO usually didn’t speak. He always silently and quickly ate, and then after finishing he would watch others eat. This time he was still the first to silently finish. But after eating, he actually set down his chopsticks, and opened his golden mouth: “Your server, was it Under the Moon of Chang’an?”

Mo Zha Ta was surprised: “How do you know?”

KO held his frigid expression and very icily said: “Because I’m that yaoren in the middle of all the renyao.”

Not eating anymore, Yu Gong and Wei Wei found an excuse to sneak off. Getting out the door, Yu Gong took a long breath: “Lighting and thunder that was too scary.”

Wei Wei’s heart was beating fast: “Such a fierce battle between their eyes.”

“This is called fate.”

“It’s definitely bad-fate.”

“Shimei!”

“Shixiong!”

“Let’s go back now.”

“En.”

As a result, when Wei Wei and Xiao Nai just got to the entrance of Zhi Yi Technologies for work on the second day, Mo Zha Ta came bursting out of the doors. He said: “Laosan, you have to give me justice, KO’s performing workplace harassment!”

“How is he harassing you?” Wei Wei pressed deeper. She found that her tone wasn’t right as she said it, it was too cheerful. Wei Wei instantly deepened her voice and said seriously, “Shixiong, how is he harassing you? Give a detailed explanation, don’t miss anything, we will definitely give you your justice!”

Mo Zha Ta said tragically: “He wants me to go onto that cursed game and get married to him!”

Wei Wei excitedly joined him in his anger: “How can he be like this! Over the line!”

“Yeah! He said he got laughed at so he wants to show them and get his dignity back. Kao, there’s probably been several changes of players in that game by now! What dignity?”

Wei Wei was a piece of grass and instantly changed sides: “KO shixiong is right. Shixiong, you deceived him. You have to be responsible.”

Mo Zha Ta studied her and turned to the more reliable Xiao Nai: “Laosan, you have to give me justice!”

Who knew Xiao Nai said: “This is good, I had been worried that I couldn’t keep KO, there’s no need for that now.”

Mo Zha Ta used a betrayed expression to look sadly at Xiao Nai: “Laosan, how can you have no heart? You want me to make a marriage alliance?”

Under such a celebratory (?) atmosphere, the summer vacation came to a close. Wei Wei started putting aside some time to write her report about her summer internship. Wei Wei was a good student, but her previous reports always had the problem of adding water. But it wouldn’t happen this year. She had a whole bunch to write about. Of course, she would pay attention to not reveal any secrets of Da Shen’s company.

When her report had been half-written, Xiao Nai suddenly asked her one day: “How about we go sight-seeing?”

Wei Wei blinked, “Where?”

“Xi An.”

She had never gone to Xi An, but if they were going sight-seeing, she didn’t have enough money in her card. She also couldn’t phone home to ask for money because she said she was coming to B City to intern.

Wei Wei struggled.

Xiao Nai didn’t need to think to know what she was struggling with, “It includes food and lodging, just think of it as wages for the internship.”

Wei Wei embarrassedly said: “Then the hotel, I, I will have a separate room?”

30 thoughts on “微微一笑很倾城 Chapter Forty Five “Let Me Be Your Sidekick””

“Because I’m that yaoren in the middle of all the renyao.”
– can this even funnier!!! xD ahahahahaa

“Laosan, how can you have no heart? You want me to make a marriage alliance?”
– omg.. just i thought above line is funny here come another one stronger.. meiren always funny!!! i like his character so much.

I need more, no matter how many times I’ve re-read this book 📖, it’s never enough for me. Years as pass again and no new updates. Thank you very much for your wonderful hard work 😓 translations. I’m looking forward for your next work. Your Awesome 😎

LMAO, I almost spewed drinks on my monitor. KO must be deadly to put such fear in the three he had lunch with, hahahaha! And Meiren is too cheap to sell his virginity for only a thousand, teehee. Can’t wait to read about the trip between our hero and heroine. I’m seriously looking forward to some hanky pankies, LOL.

Xiao Nai taking Wei Wei on sightseeing trip? I think he has tricks and schemes up his sleeves. He’s also not the type to easily agree Wei Wei’s request for separate rooms, given the history of their swimming lessons. I’d rather work with Xiao Nai than Feng Teng. For the sake of Yu Gong and Hao Mei.

Who would have guessed KO is the renyao in the middle of all yaoren. They are so funny.
I can just see Xiao Nai with his devilish grin when he said for his own virtue. Another way of going for a swim. LOL 🙂

Oh Xi’an! Although I’ve finished the audiobook, but when I first listened to this part, I thought it was so romantic that they’re going to Chang’an! That’s the city I associate with a lot of ancient history. And since they met in the Jianghu set in ancient history…

LOL at Mo Zha Ta and KO and Da Shen’s remark! KO KO, did you become an introvert because Mo Zha Ta left you long ago? Seriously, the guys working at the company are so cute and funny.

That would be pretty funny, but KO’s not an introvert due to that *semi-spoilers* Despite the fact he is a great hacker and programmer, KO only had nine years of education. He left after school after that so he could work and feed himself.